A Dragon's Tail
Tail 4: Claura's Tail - Stagnation
Tail 4-8: Happy Ever After
"… And then everyone in this realm has lived their lives in happy ever after. The end." Richard said and closed the book of bedtime story he was reading to his sister.
"It ends here?!" Rachael said. "What about that cruel queen?! What happened to her?"
"Everyone later found her lifeless body buried within a beautiful yet unbreakable crystallized ice in an old castle on the snowy mountain." Richard answered. "Despite their rage against the queen, they couldn't destroy the ice to get the queen's body out of there. However, everyone who saw her corpse said that she had a gentle and tender smile on her face. Maybe she found peace at last? Or maybe… We will never know the answer…"
"What about the princess?" Rachael asked.
"No one ever found her again." Richard said. "However, everyone decided not to follow her as they knew that the princess had nothing to do with the queen's tyranny. And everyone also believed that the princess is now living her life normal yet happily ever after."
"Okay…" Rachael said as the bedtime story had finally come to the end. "This is the saddest tale I have ever heard of! And I do feel bad for both the queen and the princess…"
"It's not you who feel bad for them…" Richard said. "It's your innocence that makes you feel bad for them."
"Alright…" Rachael said before she yawned.
"As I thought…" Richard said. "I told you that we would be able to continue this story tomorrow, but you insisted that you want to hear the rest of the story within tonight. And look at you right now!"
"But I do really want to hear the end of this story!" Rachael said and looked at her sister with a cute and innocent face.
"Sigh…" Richard mumbled and put away his books.
"Onii-chan…" Rachael spoke up. "Do you have any more bedtime stories for me?"
"No." Richard answered. "This story is the only one I have."
"Wah!" Rachael said with a disappointing voice. "I really want to hear more stories!"
"… Could you two lower your voices a bit?"
A voice came from one of two other Pokemon in this camp. The owner of the voice was a gladiator named Diego the Charizard.
"Diego?" Richard looked at the Charizard, who seemed like he had just woken up. "Sorry, did we wake you up?"
"Yes." Diego said. "Normally, I would stab your throat as a punishment for waking me up, but… Whatever…"
"Then…" Richard said. "Why don't you go back to sleep?"
"… Actually…" Diego spoke up. "It's already the time for my turn for fire watch."
"Hm?!" Richard said and looked at his watch before becoming surprised. "I have no idea that it's already this late!"
"Well… Whatever…" Diego said.
"But I thought that this is Zetarus' turn for fire watch, not yours…" Rachael said.
"Well… Zetarus asked me to switch our turns for a day." Diego answered before he sat down next to the campfire and stared into the burning flame above the wood. The camp then fell into silence for a while until Rachael spoke up.
"Um… Diego?" Rachael spoke up. "Could you… tell me a bedtime story?"
"WHAT?!" Diego spoke up. "Seriously?!"
"Yes!" Rachael said. "Onii-chan doesn't have any more bedtime stories, so I guess that, maybe you have one for me! Please! Could you read it for me?"
"Did you forget who I am?!" Diego looked at the Latias. "I was a gladiator from Fireview, and I am a wanted outlaw right now! The only thing I know is killing people! I don't have any sort of that thing for you!"
"Pretty please…" Rachael looked at Diego with the innocent face of hers. Her action made the Charizard restless.
"…Hm! Fine!" Diego said. "Now stop making that face already!"
"Yeah!" Rachael said. "Thank you, Mr. Charizard!"
'Sigh…' Richard thought to himself. 'No one could resist Rachael when she makes a face like that… Diego… You are no exception…'
"Whatever!" Diego said before he started telling his bedtime story…
There was everyone lived together…
And then…
Everyone died.
"Um… Diego?" Rachael spoke up.
"What's wrong?" Diego looked at Rachael.
"What kind of bedtime story this is?" Rachael asked. "And why don't you continue?"
"It ends here." Diego answered. "This is the whole story."
"What?!" Rachael said. "Just like that?!"
"What did you expect from a gladiator who knows nothing more than hurting people?!" Diego said.
"… Diego…" Rachael spoke with a sad voice. "Are you…really happy?"
"What?!" Diego looked at Rachael. "What's with that question?"
"I mean, you always say that you know nothing more than hurting or killing people…" Rachael said. "Are you… really happy with being like that? Are you really enjoying killing everyone?"
"…" Diego didn't answer Rachael's question. He just stared blankly at the burning flame in front of him.
"Well… I think I am so sleepy right now…" Rachael said. "I think I should go to bed right now."
"Then, good night." Diego said.
"Let's go, Rachael…" Richard said before he seemed to remember something. "By the way, Diego, if there's no unexpected obstacle, I think we would reach the border of Riverbrine-Fireview within tomorrow."
"Really?!" Diego looked at Richard. "Are you sure?!"
"Quite sure." Richard answered.
"…I see…" Diego said.
"And…" Richard continued speaking. "Don't forget to tell your friend over here…" Richard looked at Zetarus, who was now sleeping peacefully. "… When he wakes up, okay?"
"Okay." Diego said before he turned his attention to the campfire while Rachael and Richard got themselves into their sleeping bags and quickly fell asleep.
-At the Undersea Temple
"GRRRRRR!" Magnus roared painfully after he got stomped by Bismarck on his belly. The white tentacle that grew out of his mouth stopped swaying left and right erratically.
And then…
"Cough! Cough! COUGH!" Magnus suddenly spat something out of his mouth. Then that thing landed on the floor near Bismarck.
"WHAT THE FXXK?!" Bismarck said as he saw the thing that his father had just spat out. That thing was a black creature that shaped like a sea cucumber with several pink spikes. That thing was… a Pyukumuku.
"Pyu?" The Pyukumuku looked around before it saw Bismarck, who was looking at it with a face full of rage.
"PYU!" The Pyukumuku was frightened by Bismarck's face and tried to jump away. However, it couldn't move away very far before Bismarck stomped his foot as hard as he could on its body!
"YOU!" Bismarck said and crushed the Pyukumuku with his foot. "BECAUSE OF YOU!"
"The Pyukumuku?" Claura spoke up before she turned her attention to her cousin. "So… Xavier, you were right all along…"
"…" Xavier didn't say anything and turned his attention to Magnus, who seemed to have recovered his consciousness.
"Arrr… Arr…" Magnus mumbled.
"Dad!" Bismarck quickly approached his father. "Dad! Are you alright?! Please answer me!"
"…Bismarck?" Magnus mumbled and slowly looked at his son. "Ah… You have grown so much…"
"Dad…" Bismarck said. A clear water started flowing out of his eyes. "Dad… I miss you so much…"
"Hey… And now you are such a crybaby…" Magnus spoke as he tried to stand up, but he couldn't because he didn't have enough power to do it. "I thought I taught you better than this…"
"…I am sorry…" Bismarck wiped his tear. "I am… just glad to see you again… After… After… What happened to mom and everyone else in our family…"
"Bismarck…" Magnus mumbled. "I am sorry…"
"You don't have to say sorry, dad…" Bismarck said. "After all, it was a sea monster that killed them… You didn't even do anything wrong…"
"Bismarck… It was me…" Magnus said. "It was me… Who killed your mother and everyone in your family…"
"WHAT?!" Bismarck was shocked after he heard his father's words.
"The 'sea monster' you spoke of… is actually me…" Magnus said. "It was me who killed everyone around the Riverbrine Archipelago… It was me who killed your mother and everyone… And it was me… Who killed everyone in the Seacross…"
"Dad…" Bismarck looked at his father. "It… It isn't true, right? Stop making a joke… This isn't a time for it…"
"Sadly… I spoke the truth…" Magnus said.
"But… Why?" Bismarck said with a teary face. "I don't understand!"
"Bismarck…" Xavier approached Bismarck. "The answer of the question you seek lies below your foot."
"What?!" Bismarck said before he started to realize everything. "THIS PYUKUMUKU! It is the true culprit, isn't it?!"
"Yes." Xavier explained. "Every victim of this 'sea monster' had the same marks on their body, the mark of claws and fangs. However, how many Pokemon that has both claws and fangs while is still able to swim? Most Pokemon that's the candidate for the 'sea monster' may have fangs, but most of them don't have claws. And the Pokemon that have both claws and fangs mostly couldn't swim… Moreover… The marks of fangs on the bodies of those victims were very deep, indicating that this 'sea monster' must have very strong fangs… And when combining everything together… The prime candidate to this 'sea monster' is none other than a Feraligatr…"
"T…Then…" Bismarck continued speaking. "What about this Pyukumuku?!"
"Remember the beach where your family was murdered?" Xavier continued speaking. "Other than everyone in your family, there were several Pyukumuku sleeping around there. However, the 'sea monster' didn't harm them, not even a bit… So…"
"The Pyumukuku must be behind the scene!" Bismarck spoke up. "Damn it… Just when I thought this creature is rather cute… It… It… IT!"
"Strange…" Claura spoke up. "I remember that Pyukumuku is a rather passive Pokemon. This doesn't make sense why it decided to kill everyone in sight…"
"…This Pyukumuku isn't the ordinary Pyukumuku…" Xavier said. "It seems like it was being altered…By some sort of… Genetic Experiment? Or by Forbidden Magic? I don't know… But when it got into the body of another Pokemon… It attached itself to the host and caused the host to lose their mind, becoming their living slave… In other words, it had become a parasite…"
"WHATEVER!" Bismarck spoke up. "That thing was responsible for everything for everything! I will never forgive it!"
"…And you say it after you crushed it to its death…" Xavier mumbled.
"Hey… So… That was the explanation of everything…" Magnus spoke up. "I think that thing must had gotten into my body while I was trying to reach the land after I was separated from Riftblade that night… Speaking of Riftblade… How is he doing right now?"
"He is doing fine…" Bismarck answered. "But it seems like he has a phobia of the waves…"
"Oh…" Magnus mumbled.
"Dad…" Bismarck said. "I am so glad… to see you again…"
"You already said that, didn't you?" Magnus said and tried to stand up again, however, his body suddenly fell down onto the floor once again.
"Dad!" Bismarck said and tried to help his father. "A…Are you alright?"
"...I really want to say that I am fine…" Magnus said. "But that damn parasite drained all of my power.. I am in such a pathetic state right now…"
"Dad! Don't say something like that!" Bismarck said.
"Anyway…" Magnus changed the topic of conversation. "Bismarck, you seem like you also have something on your mind, don't you?"
"Ah!" Bismarck had just realized the reason he started searching for his father. "Dad… A few days ago… I met four Pokemon… Who are the Hero/ine of Legend…"
"You… met them?" Magnus said.
"Yes…" Bismarck said. "They are the Hero of Grass type, Bug type, Electric type and Steel type…"
"I see…" Magnus said. "I guess that they are the children of Joshua, Ellisk and Kamui, right?"
"Yeah…" Bismarck said. "They said that their fathers were already dead. However, the daughter of Ellisk said that his father told them to find you just before he committed suicide…"
"… Joshua, Ellisk and Kamui are already dead, hm?" Magnus said. "And… It seems like I would join them soon…"
"DAD!" Bismarck said. "Do not say anything like that!"
"Hey… Now I am the one who gets scolded…" Magnus said. "In truth, I really want to live a longer life, but…"
"We could heal your wound!" Bismarck said. "And then we—"
"And then the 'sea monster' that killed the Pokemon of Riverbrine Archipelago will continue to live on…" Magnus interrupted his son's words. "Do you think everyone would be glad that a Pokemon who murdered their friends and family is still alive?"
"But it wasn't your fault!" Bismarck said.
"But the sin is mine…" Magnus said.
"No…" Bismarck said. A clear water started to flow out of his eyes again.
"Hey… I told you not to cry, my boy…" Magnus said.
"But… But…" Bismarck tried to stop his tears, but he couldn't.
"You and your friends have something more important to do than crying in front of your old man…" Magnus said.
"Dad…" Bismarck said.
"Listen up…" Magnus spoke. "Right now, the Hero/ine of Legend were guided to meet each other… This is the only sight of one thing, the impending chaos."
"The impending chaos?!" Bismarck said.
"Yes, just like the Fallen Crisis… When me and my other 13 friends were destined to meet each other to go on an adventure to stop the Fallen Crisis… And now… It's time for you and your friends."
"Dad…" Bismarck said.
"First, you and your friends need to find other Hero/ine of Legend..." Magnus said. "Go to Solar Village in the Theocracy of Venturnome… If I remember correctly, two old Hero/ine of Legend from the time of the Fallen Crisis, as well as their successors, are there…"
"Dad…" Bismarck said.
"Now stop grumbling and go!" Magnus said. "And take this too!"
Magnus picked something up and gave it to his son. It was a beautiful tomahawk. Its sharp blade was sparkling blue like the sparkling sea of Riverbrine.
"This…" Bismarck looked at the axe his father had just gave him.
"That's the Sapphire Axe." Magnus said. "It's the personal weapon of the Hero of Water type. Now, I pass this to you, Bismarck."
Suddenly, Magnus's body started glowing with an azure blue aura. The same went for Bismarck's body.
"Dad, what the—" Bismarck said as the azure blue aura that surrounded his father's body started moving toward him and joined with the azure blue aura that surrounded him, giving him an enormous power!
"I… feel… so… strong…" Bismarck said. "I feel like… I can do anything right now…"
"That's the feeling of being the Hero of Legend, my son." Magnus said after the azure blue aura that surrounded him disappeared from his body, and the azure blue aura that surrounded Bismarck's body was absorbed into Bismarck's body. "You are now one of the Hero of Legend. Bismarck, you are now the Hero of Water type."
"…Thank you, dad…" Bismarck said. "I promise to use my power for the sake of the world's safety…"
"Good…" Magnus said before he laid down on the floor again. "Now… You can go… It's time… For me to join my friends…"
"Dad…" Bismarck said.
"Farewell, my son…" Magnus said. "May the power of the sea guide you to your destination…"
After he finished speaking, Magnus stopped moving and breathing, thus ended the life of the former Hero of Water type here…
"Dad… DAD!" Bismarck said and started crying over his father's lifeless body.
"Bismarck…" Claura said.
"…" Xavier didn't say anything.
-Several Hours Later…
After giving Magnus a proper burial under the sea of Riverbrine, Bismarck, Claura and Xavier left the Undersea Cavern with heavy hearts. They all swam silently back to Bismarck's ship at the range of reef and joined up with Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock there before they all decided to head to the Seaside Town. While on the ship, Bismarck told his friends everything that happened in the Undersea Cavern… About his father… About the sea monster… About their next objective…
"So…" Viola spoke up. Right now, everyone was at the port of Seaside Town. The sun now started descending from the sky, making the sea of Riverbrine turn vermillion. "Our next destination is the Solar Village in the Theocracy of Venturnome."
"Right." Bismarck said. "Right now, we have the Hero/ine of Grass type, Bug type, Electric type, Steel type and Water type… We need to find the rest…"
"Your father said that there are two Hero/ine of Legend at the Solar Village of Venturnome, right?" Jasper said.
"Right." Bismarck said.
"…I guess that one of them is the 'Hero of Justice'." Zenpai spoke up. "He is a famous Pokemon because he was the leader of 14 Hero/ine of Legend that stopped the Fallen Crisis. If I remember correctly, he is the Hero of Fighting type."
"And the other one must be my mother." Grimlock said. "Although I don't remember much about her, I do remember that she is the Heroine of Normal type."
"The rest would be the Hero/ine of Fire type, Flying type, Rock type, Ground type, Ice type, Psychic type, Poison type, Ghost type, Dark type, Fairy type and Dragon type…" Viola said.
"…Hey…" Grimlock looked around before he asked the question that was asked several times during their adventure in the Queendom of Riverbrine. "Where're that Kingdra and Dragonite?"
"We are here."
Two voices came from behind everyone. Everyone then looked back and saw Claura and Xavier standing there. However, unlike before, both of them didn't show any sight of animosity toward them.
"I think we haven't introduced ourselves yet." Claura said. "I am Claura Pulsawhirl the Kingdra."
"And my name is Xavier Stormwing the Dragonite." Xavier said and yawned.
"Nice to meet both of you." Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock said.
"By the way…" Bismarck seemed to remember something. "Jasper, Zenpai, Viola, Grimlock and I will head to Venturnome next. What about both of you? Wanna join us?"
"No, thanks." Claura said. "We have something else to do..."
"That's too bad…" Jasper said. "I was hoping that a cute girl—Oops! I mean both of you would join us again." Jasper quickly changed his words when Claura glared at him with an angry face.
"Although we may not always see ourselves eye to eye, I am glad to meet both of you." Viola said.
"Take care of yourself, wouldn't you?!" Grimlock said.
"Farewell…" Zenpai said.
"Will I be able to see both of you again?" Bismarck asked.
"Maybe yes… Maybe no…" Claura said.
"Yawn…" Instead of giving an answer, Xavier gave out a yawn instead.
"Bismarck, we should get going by now." Zenpai said. "I think we should leave right now, for that we would reach Venturnome sooner."
"Fine." Bismarck said. "Well, then… See ya, ye sea horse and ye sea'viar."
Claura nodded to Bismarck's farewell words while Xavier made an unpleasant face as Bismarck, Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock got into Bismarck's ship, and the boat started moving away from the port of Seaside Town to the crimson Riverbrine Sea at dusk.
"Geez…" Xavier mumbled. "I really hate it when that guy calls me with that disgusting name…"
"What do you expect from someone who used to be a pirate?" Claura said.
"… What do you think about them, Claura?" Xavier suddenly became serious.
"…Despite being the one who holds the blood of legend in their veins, they… aren't as bad as I think." Claura said.
"…You think so?" Xavier looked at his cousin.
"…However…" Claura suddenly became serious. "I still couldn't trust them. They are our enemy, not our friends. And I am sure that one day, we would have to cross our blades with their's, just like what our grandparents and other Dragon Generals did 30 years ago."
"Whatever…" Xavier said. "But I am quite looking forward for the day of our battle with them… I really want to smash their bones with my Troposphere."
"…Enough talking about this nonsense." Claura changed the topic of conversation. "Xavier, now that our search in the Riverbrine Archipelago ends in vain, what should we do next?"
"Let's change our cloth back to our usual…" Xavier said. "I really miss my armor…"
"Okay." Claura said. "Let's find a nearby tavern to change our cloth."
-Twenty Minutes Later…
Claura and Xavier came out of a tavern with their new (Actually, old) cloth they usually wore before they joined Bismarck in his adventure in the Riverbrine Archipelago.
Claura wore a set of light armor that consisted of a yellow breastplate that covered her chest, an azure blue cuirass that covered her body, and an azure blue helmet that shaped like her head, with two horns, that covered her head. The azure blue light armor she wore sparkled like the surface of the serene sea during the day. They were made from an unknown material that gave an excellent protection while also light. She also carried her personal weapon, which was an anchor named Citcra.
Xavier, on the other hand, wore a set of heavy armor that consisted of a cuirass that covered his body, a greave that covered his leg, a pair of gauntlets that covered his arms, a pair of boots that covered his feet, a pair of Wingguard that covered his wings, and a dragonhead-shaped helmet that covered his head. All of his armor was pure white, which were an unusual color for a set of heavy armor as they were made from an unknown material that, while a bit heavy, gave the best protection possible. Moreover, despite wearing a set of heavy armor, it didn't seem like its weight had any effect on Xavier's ability to fly, as he was still able to fly swiftly around while in a set of heavy armor and carried his personal weapon, which was a halberd named Troposphere, with him too.
"Ah… This is much better…" Claura said. "I prefer to wear my own armor instead of not wearing one…"
"Me too." Xavier said. "This armor would greatly improve my ability as a defensive fighter. Too bad we couldn't wear them while we were travelling in the sea as the salt water could easily rust our armor."
"Yours only, not mine." Claura said. "My armor doesn't get affected by the salt water. Only your armor would get rusty when it gets exposed to the salt water."
"I think I need to find a way to prevent my armor from getting rusty…" Xavier said and yawned.
"Anyway…" Claura said. "Where's our next destination?"
"We would travel across the Misveil Mountain Range and get into the Snow Part of this nation." Xavier said. "However, I think it would be a good idea to skip our search in the Snow Part of this nation because of… you know… And then head to Fireview Kingdom next…"
"That's going to be a long journey through the land of ice type Pokemon…" Claura said. "I think we should go to the shop and buy some supplies for our journey."
"And I think we should buy some more travelling gears…" Xavier said. "Such as a sleeping bag and a scarf for each of us."
"Why?" Claura asked.
"Travelling through the land of ice type Pokemon would be tough for dragons like us." Xavier said. "So we need to take an extra caution."
"Fine." Claura said. "Let's go."
Claura and Xavier headed to the Kecleon's General Store of Seaside Town to buy some supplies as well as sleeping bags and scarves. While Xavier headed to buy sleeping bags and scarves, Claura was on the shelves of food, looking for the food to be their supplies. Claura then picked several canned food because Claura was terrible at cooking, and Xavier's skill at cooking was just decent.
Meanwhile, as Claura chose which canned food she wanted, she heard the conversation of two female Pokemon who were at the berry shelves.
"…So, the Civil War at Snowlost City has finally come to the end…"
"Yes. I am so surprised that we, ordinary civilians of Riverbrine, would be able to overthrow the reign of the queen and end her age of tyranny at last."
"The rage of Pokemon of Riverbrine and Snowlost caused by the queen were enough for them to fight for their better life. At least I am glad that it's finally over…"
"What about that tyrannical Queen? What happened to her?"
"They found her corpse at the Graveyard of the Glacier on Mt. Snowlost. She is buried within a crystallized ice. Because of their rage, everyone really wants to take the queen's body out and destroy her body, but they couldn't break the ice, so the queen's body remained there…"
"What about Princess Misvale? Is she… safe?"
"She disappeared just before the rebel gained control over Snowlost Castle. No one could find her until now…"
"Oh, my dear princess… Unlike the queen, she was always so graceful, polite and kind… I hope nothing bad happens to her…"
"Me too… Some rebel even wants to kill the princess in order to prevent her from taking revenge for her mother… I hope the princess would be safe…"
"Speaking of the princess and the queen, now that both of them are gone, who will become the next queen of Queendom of Riverbrine?"
"I don't know… There's no one in the rebel army who would be decent enough to become the next queen of Riverbrine… So… I guess our nation would have to go on without a queen for a while…"
"Oh! This really reminds me of the War of Snowlost Peninsula and the first queen of Snowlost! Both reigns of this nation ends up with only one queen per family! It seems like there's no family who could rules over the nation of water and ice for more than one age of one queen…"
"Right… It sounds like there's a curse on our nation or something…"
"True… This is just so sad… At least now's our queendom is at peace again… It's just like a fairy tale, isn't it?"
"Right. In the end, everyone lived in happy ever after…"
"…" Claura said nothing as the conversation ended here. Then she headed to the cashier counter to pay for the canned food she bought before she left the shop to join with Xavier, who's now waiting in front of the shop.
"Claura?" Xavier said when he noticed that Claura seemed to have something on her mind. "Something troubling you?"
"…I just heard two Pokemon talking about the civil war of this nation…" Claura said. "It seems like this nation was at war while we were at the expedition in the Riverbrine Archipelago."
"Oh, I heard about that too." Xavier said. "About the rebels who overthrew the queen, right?"
"…It reminds me of… The Kohaku Rebellion…" Claura said.
"…" Xavier said nothing.
"An army of rebels who overthrow the queen, and the princess disappeared from the nation… They are just the same… While the Kohaku Rebellion ends in the victory of the queen, not the rebel army, our queen did suffer so much…"
"…Claura…" Xavier mumbled.
"…Ah!" Claura suddenly spoke up. "What has gotten into me? That's just not like me."
"I think so…" Xavier said. "Let's take a look at the canned food you brought."
Xavier then took a look at the canned food that his cousin bought from the store, before he spoke up again.
"Pass." Xavier said. "I am surprised that you didn't go back to the sea and take cans of salt water with you."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Claura glared at Xavier.
"I just remember that you like salty and 'watery' food…" Xavier said. "But for me, I am fine with the canned food you bought."
"And what about you?" Claura said. "Did you buy a sleeping bag and a scarf for me?"
"Here you are." Xavier said and gave his cousin a blue whirlpool-patterned sleeping bag to her while he kept a purple tornado-patterned sleeping bag with him.
"Thanks." Claura said and put away her sleeping bag. "And the scarf?"
Xavier handed over a blue scarf to his cousin. "That's Whirl Scarf. They said that it has something to do with the rain, and I think that you would like it."
"Whatever. I am not picky with these things." Claura said and put away her scarf. "What about your scarf, Xavier?"
Xavier then showed Claura a purple scarf. "This is the Dragon Sash, which can also be used as a scarf too. Like your scarf, they said this scarf has something to with the weather too, and I think that it would suit me."
"Whatever." Claura said as Xavier put away his scarf.
"And now that we have finished our preparations…" Xavier said. "What choice would you prefer? Between staying for a night in this town, or get going right now?"
"I think we should leave now." Claura said. "I don't want to stay here too long. And I want to find 'them' as soon as I can."
"Me too." Xavier said. "Let's go, Claura."
After they finished speaking, a female Kingdra and a male Dragonite started walking together to the north of Seaside Town. They then headed until they reached the northern exit of the town, which will lead them to the Misveil Mountain Range, a range of mountain that divided the Queendom of Riverbrine into the part of ice and water. While the sun had already departed from the sky, and the night had already come, two dragons still continued their journey… Their Destination is… Fireview Kingdom…
What are the things they are trying to find?
Will they be able to find them?
Soon…
They will know the answer…
-End of Tail 4: Stagnation-
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: Finally… The fourth tail of A Dragon's Tail finally come to the end… This tail got the name of 'Stagnation'… Do you know the reason why this tail was named like this?
Claura and Xavier said goodbye to Bismarck, Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock. While these five Pokemon head to Theocracy of Venturnome, Claura and Xavier decided to head to Fireview Kingdom, which is also the destination of Rachael, Richard, Zetarus and Diego! Will both groups meet with each other? Who knows…?
To be honest, this tail is my personal least favorite tail because it's hard for me to plan the story of this tail. Also, while Claura is the main protagonist of this tail, she didn't get that much role as this tail focused on the story of the Hero/ine of Legend. However, this tail turns out to be much better than I thought! I quite like how it turned out, especially for the snow part.
The next chapter will be the interlude of this tail, and it will be followed by the fifth tail of A Dragon's Tail. And… Some major characters from a previous tail who only appear in only one tail will finally appear again…
A special thanks to Ridin Valon, as well as everybody else, for helping me with the error correction.